It ended in Canada at the Citadelle de Québec, the historic home of the officers' club and the museum 22e régiment de l'armée canadienne, the 10th edition of the Annual International Airborne Commanders Conference (AIACC), in which a representation of the "Folgore" parachute brigade participated for Italy.
The annual meeting, which brings together all the air force commanders of the main NATO countries, partners of the Alliance and the European Union which give life to the so-called airborne community, is part of a consolidated cooperation program and has the objective of raising the standards of interoperability and multinational integration through sharing at the level of senior leadership, procedures for the airdrop of personnel and air refueling, processes for the acquisition of equipment, vehicles and materials, as well as the development of operational procedures typical of airborne operations.
In the 10th edition, in which delegations from thirteen countries were present (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Spain and USA), the discussion touched on issues relating to operational readiness of parachute units in modern crisis scenarios, with particular reference to the importance of air troops as high readiness units.
Modern international scenarios, in fact, characterized by a growing level of uncertainty and unpredictability, impose the need to develop more and more activities that allow constant sharing of information and the conduct of joint exercises with the Allied Countries, in order to be able to have of resources capable of rapidly expressing effective, versatile and "full spectrum" operational capabilities, according to the principle of maximum multi-arms, joint-force and multinational integration.
Due to its characteristics of dynamism, flexibility and operational readiness, the "Folgore" parachute brigade, a large combat unit included among the Northern operational forces, is among the tools available to the Army to ensure the defense's ability to respond immediately to situations of crises and needs that require the use of forces even in locations that are difficult to reach.
